Introduction : the longing soul -- God is a personal entity, having a heart that beats in sympathy with human hearts, feeling our joy and sorrowing over our pain -- We lived as spirit beings in the presence of God before we were born into this mortal life -- Mortality is an ascent, not a fall, and we carry infinite potential into a world of sin and sorrow -- God has the desire and the power to unite and exalt the entire human family in a kingdom of heaven, and except for the most stubbornly unwilling, that will be our destiny -- Heaven will consist of those relationships that matter most to us now